Re: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

Although I am one of a number of authors who have argued that we can afford to flip existing subscriptions revenue to open access (see http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v18i6.4370), I argue that there are essential flaws in the idea of attempting to transition existing successful commercial

[GOAL] Help us! Review Tenure and Promotion Guidelines

Hello all, Over and over I heard that openness would be easier if only the incentive systems were better aligned with the principles of openness. That is why I have teamed up with Erin McKiernan (UNAM) and Meredith Niles (UVM) to study the Review, Tenure and Promotion

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

Right Eric, but it has to be flanked by initiatives like in Finland, Germany and the Netherlands to convince some publishers to change their business models according what buyers are asking for: FIN: http://www.nodealnoreview.org/ GER: https://www.projekt-deal.de/about-deal/ NL:

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

And then these “researcher driven initiatives" will eventually just get bought out by Elsevier or another big publisher, or lag because they can’t find stable funding. That is why we need a community-based infrastructure, governed and managed in a distributed way, which will allow researchers

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

Hi Eric You may be interested in the response to the Max Planck paper published by International STM. It is publicly available here: http://www.stm-assoc.org/2015_12_04_STM_Response_to_MPDL_Open_Access_Transition_White_Paper.pdf Kind regards Gemma From: goal-boun...@eprints.org

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

Hi all, What’s to conclude from this perplexing answer? I did check Elsevier’s policy, in case it had changed overnight... but it didn’t: manuscripts under embargo still must bear CC licenses allowing anybody (except the authors, who are bound by the publishing agreement they have signed) to

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

Dear Gemma The OA2020 proposes a separate business model involving a “large scale transition to open access”. What is the position of Elsevier relative to that initiative? The position of the Max Planck is there is enough money in the system to enable the transition to an open access model so

Re: [GOAL] Elsevier's interpretation of CC BY-NC-ND

Dear Richard Elsevier's hosting policy explains how platforms can host Elsevier content. This includes enabling institutional repositories to share their employee's or student's accepted manuscripts publicly after an embargo